Several factors may deplete the supply of paged pool
memory. Enabling pool tagging and taking poolsnaps at different time intervals
may help you to understand which driver is consuming paged pool memory. If the poolsnaps indicate that the MmSt tag (Mm section object prototype PTEs) is the largest consumer and paged pool memory has been depleted or the system is logging error event 2020s, there is a large probability that there are a very large number of files that are open on the server. By default, the Memory Manager tries to trim allocated paged pool memory when the system reaches 80 percent of the total paged pool. Depending on the system configuration, a possible maximum paged pool memory on a computer can be 343MB and 80 percent of this number is 274MB. If the Memory Manager is unable to trim fast enough to keep up with the demand, the event that is listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article may occur. By tuning the Memory Manager to start the trimming process earlier (for example, when it reaches 60 percent), it would be possible to keep up with the paged pool demand during sudden peak usage, and avoid running out of paged pool memory.

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How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

The following tuning recommendation has been
helpful in alleviating the problem:

Setting the value at 60 informs the Memory Manager to start the
trimming process at 60 percent of PagedPoolMax rather than the default setting
of 80 percent. If a threshold of 60 percent is not enough to handle spikes in activity, reduce this setting to 50 percent or 40 percent.

Setting PagedPoolSize to 0xFFFFFFFF allocates
the maximum paged pool in lieu of other resources to the computer.

Caution
The 0xFFFFFFFF PagedPoolSize setting is not recommended for use on 32-bit Windows Server 2003-based computers that have 64GB of RAM. This will potentially bring the Free System PTE entry down and can cause continuous reboot of the computer. For this configuration, carefully choose a value based on the requirements and available resources.